Everyone else is doing it!

I've enjoyed reading my sister's blogs so much that I've decided to start one for my family. I don't know how interesting my blog will be compared to some of yours that I've read but at least you all will know what Chris and Lindsey's family is up to.

I guess a good place to start is a little about us. As most of you know I have been home from Iraq since the end of may. I've really enjoyed being home but the transition has been much more difficult for me than I could have imagined. Lindsey can attest to that. It's very difficult leaving wife of three months (Pregnant none the less) and then coming home and having to learn how not to be a soldier but a loving husband instead. It's been difficult to say the least. I hope I'm starting to get it. Lindsey is a real trooper she has been very patient with me for the most part and I love her all the more for it.

Our daughter Madison (5) just started Kindergarten this fall. She loves it though she is very sensitive and whenever the smallest thing changes she gets very worried and scared to go. she found out over a week ago that today she would have a substitute teacher and she comes in and wakes Lindsey and me to tell us she doesn't want to go to school that day because she doesn't think she will like the sub.
She is a very sweet girl who loves to help out with everything. She loves to hold her baby brother, Bradley, and help bathe him. She also likes to carry him around the house which mom and dad don't like so much. She waits till we aren't looking and then tries to carry him off to another room to play. Bradley isn't a big fan either. She is learning to read and gets so excited whenever she successfully reads a new word. I think she memorizes the whole book instead of reading it each time though. It's kind of funny hearing her "read" a whole book without even looking at it.

Cameron (3) is growing up up up. He is two years younger than Maddy but wears the same size clothes now and outweighs her by a couple pounds. He has preschool a couple mornings each week and really enjoys going. He is a very good brother to Bradley and Madison. The other day we went to golds gym and Maddy didn't want to go to the day care there because the time before a little girl bit her on the arm. as we were walking to the door Maddy was crying and Cameron came over put his arm around her and said "don't worry Maddy I'll protect you." It was so cute.
He also loves to hold Bradley and carry him around the house. there is nothing that makes your heart skip a beat than walking into the room and seeing Cameron at the top of the stairs dragging the baby by his arms.
Cameron also thinks he is super man. The other day he was climbing on a railing between our kitchen our family room and decided he could make the leap from there to the couch. it's a good 5 feet and Cameron is only about 2 1/2 feet tall so that's quite a distance for him. Unfortunately only one leg made it over the couch. He was very upset to say the least.

Bradley (10 months) is growing up way too fast. He has recently learned to pull himself across the floor with his arms not quite crawling and not quite scooting. He is very happy that he can move around now. He would get so mad when he could see a toy he wanted but couldn't get to it. Now he is everywhere we don't want him to be. He even managed to break one of grandma Eaton's porcelin statues already. He loves to pull faces and scream at the top of his lungs. not an upset scream just to hear how loud he can be. he thinks it is so funny and laughs whenever he can startle someone. He will not eat baby food anymore because we fed him real food a couple times and he realized what a raw deal he was getting and he won't let us feed him because he can do it himself. except for mommy he does not like to be held because doing his "death crawl" (as Daine puts it) is a much better way to get around than being carried.

Lindsey has been quickly becoming the overachieving neighbor who every other woman in the neighborhood looks up to. She is always making cookies for her Friends in the Ward and she even painted one of her good friends doors for her because she "was already dirty and had all the stuff out. So why not?" She is a wonderful woman and I am blessed to be her husband. She is defiantly my better half. We were called to the nursery in our ward which isn't a bad calling I guess. We get to play for two hours of church. There are four nurseries in our ward! There are also two primaries! it is crazy. The bishop is always trying to have reverence in the chapel but when the children out number the adults 3 to one it's kind of difficult.

I'm working full time for the Law Firm "Parr Brown Gee and Loveless" I work as an accounting assistant while I also attend school full time. The job is wonderful as they are very flexible with my schedule and they offer all the benefits of full time employment. It's been a great blessing in our lives so far because it is close to school and I am allowed to study when I have no other obligations.

Well That's it for my first blog. I hope to keep up on this. I'll have some pictures posted soon.
See ya!